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NEWSPAPER REVIEW FOR TUESDAY 20TH DECEMBER, 2016.



GUARDIAN
* Foreign airlines to reduce operations over forex policy
* Senate denies rejecting Magu as EFCC chairman, calling for SGF’s sack
* Protect Nigeria’s image abroad, Buhari tells new ambassadors
* Saraki awards scholarship to 73 first-class graduates
* Obasanjo backs agric-driven economic development
* AshakaCem, host community sign pact on economic development

PUNCH
* Killer herdsmen are criminals — Sultan
* Ayade to appoint 6,000 aides in 2017
* Reconstruction: FG to close Abuja airport in February
* Court refuses to order EFCC to unseal Fayose’s properties
* Arik workers begin indefinite strike over unpaid salaries
* 2017 budget: FG targets N565bn from recovered loot, MTN fine

THISDAY
* Despite Recession, Lagos Generated More Revenue in 2016, Says Ambode
* Taraba : Death Toll Hits 31 as Fulani, Tiv Crisis Escalates
* FG to Close Abuja Airport for Six Weeks for Rehabilitation of Runway
* Resident Doctors Threaten Showdown with FG over Poor Health Facilities
* Group Berates INEC over Rivers Rerun Elections
* CBN May Legalise Use of Bitcoin for Transactions, Says NDIC

THE NATION
* DSS to Senate in another report: give Magu chance
* N289 billion looted fund captured in 2017 Budget
* Customs intercepts arms at Lagos port
* Interior, education, defence, health get 70% in ‘Budget of Recovery and Growth’
* RMD: Entertainment has helped in Nigeria’s development
* Yuletide: NNPC discharges 38.7m litres aviation fuel

TRIBUNE
* Buhari orders Attorney General to investigate corrupt govt officials
* Panic in Tapa as mountain disintegrates *Kills animals, covers town in dust
* Ogbeh seeks regional cooperation to end herdsmen/farmers feud
* Workers’ welfare: Aviation unions to ground Arik Air operations
* Government using technology to tackle smuggling – Adeosun
* Sultan cautions against inflammatory remarks, religion to divide Nigeria

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